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Topic: Garlic Scapes! (Read 3498 times)

Just scored the first bunch of the season from the farmers market. I'm going to pick as many as can handle over the few weeks they're in season, here. I'm planning on making pesto, pickled scapes, infused vinegar, top pizza with them and in salads too. Anyone else excited?

They're pretty little suckers with lots of bright flavor. I'm going to use some in tonight's dinner. I just haven't made up my if I want to make pizza, or if I want to make a shrimp and scallop dish with some. If I don't make pizza, there will be some garlic scape baguttes to go with the shrimp and scallops.

Norma, if you have any local garlic farms in your area, you might check with them. I surprised they haven't popped up at the market.

Don't have a recipe but if pasta making is among your many talents, last summer we found homemade garlic scape & pecorino romano pappardelle at a farmer's market when visiting Grand Rapids, MI that was outstanding

Don't have a recipe but if pasta making is among your many talents, last summer we found homemade garlic scape & pecorino romano pappardelle at a farmer's market when visiting Grand Rapids, MI that was outstanding

I do make homemade pasta and happen to have some durum that I've been meaning to get into. That sounds awesome. It's supposed to pour here tomorrow, so that sounds like a good rainy day project! Thanks!

That's on my list of things to make, Jeff. Thanks! Today's project is garlic scape vinegar. Tomorrow it will be pasta dough made with scapes, Friday may just see a pizza made with the scape pesto. I'll probably pick up more scapes and make a large batch of pesto to freeze, since scapes are only around for a few weeks a year.

thanks Diana, was going to go on a garlic scape hunt, this might be the place.

You are welcome! I was going to make some scape pasta dough, but I'm craving gnocchi, so it looks like garlic scape gnocchi with a brown butter sage sauce for dinner tonight. The guys will have steak with theirs.

Thanks Diana for the link. the barn is an old tobacco barn, while I was paying for my scapes my friend was talking with the farmer and he told her that it's an impressive sight with all the garlic hanging after harvest, we will be going back to check that out.

made some garlic scape pesto this weekend, pizza tonight

dry & fresh mozz, garlic scape pesto, a few scapes .

Next one is going to have roasted red peppers and broccoli.

I'm also going to do a pasta salad with some of the pesto at some point this week (with valentino ww fusilli )

Thanks Diana for the link. the barn is an old tobacco barn, while I was paying for my scapes my friend was talking with the farmer and he told her that it's an impressive sight with all the garlic hanging after harvest, we will be going back to check that out.

made some garlic scape pesto this weekend, pizza tonight

dry & fresh mozz, garlic scape pesto, a few scapes .

Next one is going to have roasted red peppers and broccoli.

I'm also going to do a pasta salad with some of the pesto at some point this week (with valentino ww fusilli )

The pizza looks wonderful! I'm so glad you got some. What do you think of them? The barn sounds pretty cool. I hope you can post some pics of your future visit.

Interesting! I just had a friend FB message me as to whether we would be interested in a bunch of garlic scapes to use for our pies... I"m not that familiar with the ingredient, so hearing how you use it on pies (pesto, etc.) definitely gives me some ideas. The scape pesto sounds simple and delicious...

Garlic scape pesto is wonderful on pizza and many other dishes. At the the Texas Pizza Summit, Craig made a pizza topped with shaved scapes that was wonderful. He simply took a vegetable peeler to them. Have fun playing around with them--sadly they're only around for a month or so.

my friend took more pictures than I did and I'll try to steal some from her

Yes, scape season is over. I must say all of that garlic hanging is a beautiful sight! While I will enjoy the fresh tomatoes and sweet corn and the other bounties of summer and fall, I must say there's a part of me that can't wait for spring for the gloriously funky ramps and garlic scapes.

A sad day...the last of the homemade garlic scape pasta until next year.Seared dry scallops over garlic scape pappardelle in a white wine, butter and lemon thyme sauce, sprinkled with parmigiano and romano.

Deb's pictures of all that hanging garlic look amazing, on to the next inspiration.